[FYI] (Fwd) FC: RIAA presses Verizon for name of peer-to-peer subscriber

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date sent:      	Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:55:57 -0600
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From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: RIAA presses Verizon for name of peer-to-peer subscriber
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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954658.html

    Music body presses anti-piracy case
    By Declan McCullagh
    August 21, 2002, 6:54 AM PT

    ASPEN, Colo.--In what may become a new legal front in its war
    against online copying, the Recording Industry Association of
    America has asked a federal court for help in tracing an alleged
    peer-to-peer pirate.

    On Tuesday, the RIAA asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C.,
    for an order compelling Verizon Communications to reveal the name
    of a customer accused of illegally trading hundreds of songs.
    Citing privacy concerns and potential legal liability, Verizon has
    refused to comply with a subpoena the RIAA sent last month.

    "It's not that they don't want to turn over the name," said Mitch
    Glazier, an RIAA senior vice president. "It's that they don't want
    to be liable for turning over a subscriber's name."

    Until now, the entertainment industry has relied on civil lawsuits
    aimed at corporations, not individuals, to limit widespread
    copyright infringement on peer-to-peer networks. Now, however, the
    RIAA is revising its strategy and appears ready to sue individuals
    swapping songs over the Internet.

    At issue in the RIAA's request is an obscure part of the Digital
    Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that permits a copyright owner to
    send a subpoena ordering a "service provider" to turn over
    information about a subscriber. It is not necessary to file a
    lawsuit to take advantage of the DMCA's expedited subpoena
    process.

    [...]




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